Bob Dylan – 1913 Massacre (Guitar)
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This is a Woody Guthrie song that Bob Dylan adapted for his style.
This is in ¾ time but is a bit of dirge. A sad song.
[Verse]
G D G Take a trip with me in 1913 C D G To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country. C G I'll take you to a place called EYE talian Hall G Where the miners…………….
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G D G C G are having their big Christmas ball.
[Verse]
G D G I'll take you indoor, and up a high stair. C D G There's singin' and dancin', it's heard everywhere, C G I'll let you shake hands with the people you see G And watch…………….
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G D G the kids dance round the big Christmas tree.
[Verse]
G D G There's singin' and dancin' and songs in the air, C D G An' the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere, C G Before you know, you're friends with us all G And you're dancin'…………….
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G D G around and around in the hall.
[Verse]
G D G You ask about work and you ask about pay; C D G They'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day, C G Just workin' the copper claims, riskin' their lives, G So it's fun…………….
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G D G to spend Christmas with children and wives.
[Verse]
G D G A little girl sits by the Christmas tree lights C D G To play piano, she gotta keep quiet. C G To hear all this fun you would not realize G That the copper…………….
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G D G -boss thug-men are millin' outside.
[Verse]
G D G The copper-thugs stuck their heads through the door C D G One of them yelled and he screamed, "There's a fire!" C G A lady, she hollered, "There's no such a thing! G Keep on …………….
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G D G with your party, there's no such thing."
[Verse]
G D G A few people rushed, and it's only a few. C D G "It's just the scabs and the thugs foolin' you." C G A man grabbed his daughter and he carried her down, G But the thugs…………….
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G D G held the door and he could not get out.
[Verse]
G D G And then others followed, a hundred or more, C D G But most everybody remained on the floor. C G The scabs and the thugs they still laughed at their joke, G And the children…………….
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G D G were smothered on the stairs by the door.
[Verse]
G D G Such a terrible sight I never did see, C D G We carried our children back up to their tree. C G The scabs and the thugs they still laughed at their spree, G And the children…………….
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G D G that died there were seventy-three.
[Verse]
G D G The piano played a slow funeral tune, C D G But the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon, C G The parents they weep and the miners they moan, G "See …………….
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G D G what your greed for money has done."
[Outro]
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